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Document: EST-BO-04002

Title:

ISIKUTUNNISTUS _ Identity Card

Issuing Country:

EST - Estonia • EESTI VABARIIK •

Document Category:

B - Identity card

Document type:

O - ordinary document

Document version number:

04002

First issued on:

23/08/2021

Valid:

yes

Legal status / main purpose:

Identity card issued to Estonian citizens and to European Union citizens living in Estonia who have a right of residence in Estonia. The document is valid as a travel document in the European Union and the Schengen states.

Overall construction:

card

Format width (mm):

85

Format height (mm):

54

Number of pages:

Validity

Maximum validity:

5 year(s)

Extension is possible:

no

Validity-additional information:

"NOT VALID FOR TRAVEL" - if such a remark is on the back side of the ID-card, this means that the identity card has been issued to an EU-citizen who has a right to reside in Estonia. Such an EU citizen’s identity card is NOT VALID AS A TRAVEL DOCUMENT.

Main difference(s) compared with previous model

ID card issued from 23 August 2021, compliant with Regulation (EU) 2019/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Additions: Republic of Estonia country code "EE" surrounded by 12 yellow stars; heading "VÄLJAANDJA / AUTHORITY"; the facial image of the document holder, two fingerprints and technical information are incorporated into the contactless microchip, to enable the document's chip to be checked.

Image 341389 of Recto - identity

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT (365 nm)

UV feature:

fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

Colours:

blue, yellow

Image 341392 of UV feature

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT (365 nm)

Image 341393 of UV feature

Security features:

Additional safeguard

Additional safeguard:

transparent window

Image 341394 of Additional safeguard

Security features:

OVD (optically variable device)

Light:

OBLIQUE

OVD (optically variable device):

tilting effect

OVD description:

OVD ID Optic®

Image 341396 of OVD (optically variable device)

Security features:

OVD (optically variable device)

OVD (optically variable device):

variable laser image (CLI® / MLI®)

OVD description:

Multiple Laser Image (MLI®)

Image 341398 of OVD (optically variable device)
Image 341399 of OVD (optically variable device)
Variable laser image (MLI) containing the year of birth and the letters "EE" (Estonian citizen) or "EU" (European Union citizen)

Security features:

OVD (optically variable device)

OVD (optically variable device):

Kinegram®

OVD description:

KINEGRAM ZERO.ZERO

Image 341401 of OVD (optically variable device)

Security features:

Other

Light:

OBLIQUE

Image 341403 of Other
Image 341402 of Other

Security features:

Personal data

Image 341404 of Personal data

Security features:

Facial image

Photo integration technique:

laser engraving

Image 341407 of Facial image

Security features:

Facial image

Light:

OBLIQUE

Photo type:

secondary (ghost) image

Image 341409 of Facial image

Security features:

Printing technique

Image 341410 of Printing technique
Image 341390 of Verso

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT (365 nm)

UV feature:

fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

Colours:

blue, yellow

Image 341412 of UV feature

Security features:

Additional safeguard

chip includes holder's personal data, cryptographical keys and certificates for authentication of the holder (e.g. for digital signature)

Integration of electronic data:

microchip with contact

Image 341413 of Additional safeguard

Security features:

Additional safeguard

QR code - web-based check of document validity

Integration of electronic data:

barcode

Image 341414 of Additional safeguard

Security features:

Printing technique

Image 341415 of Printing technique

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

infrared laser

Image 341416 of Printing technique

Security features:

Printing technique

Image 341418 of Printing technique
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